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HOME, New Orleans? Lower 9th Ward

Expression of identity and community through clay.
  • Status: Active
  • Submitted: Tue Dec 04, 2007   |   Last updated: Tue Dec 04, 2007
  • Location(s): Orleans
    only these New Orleans neighborhoods - Lower Ninth Ward
  • Topics(s): Community development, Education
  • Tag(s): Clay, Lower Ninth Ward, MLK Elementary School
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Details

Artist and Professor, Ron Bechet worked with students at the Martin Luther King Elementary School, located in the Lower Ninth Ward and in collaboration with the school and other neighborhood organizations, such as NENA. The program encouraged students to express their sense of identity through working with clay.

Project Scope: Vision, Aim, & Objectives

Why this project is being done:
To establish a clay studio with kiln and potters wheels at MLK school, develop a community clay workshop, and lay the groundwork for an MLK ceramics booth at a local art market.
Who or what this project would impact:
Students of MLK Elementary School, Residents of the Lower Ninth Ward & Senior citizens of St. Mary of the Angels.
Project intends to address:
Long-term goals include the establishment of intergenerational projects centered on art and environmental sustainability. Including the development of a curriculum with Tulane/Xavier Center for Bio-Environmental Research to focus on Bayou Bienvenue.

Project Timeline

ongoing

Project Plan & Participants

Other people and/or organizations involved in this project:
Martin Luther King Elementary School, NENA, Dillard, Tulane & Xavier Universities

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